As data about the ineffectiveness of suspensions and other punitive school disciplinary methods have accumulated and concerns about the school to prison pipeline and mass incarceration have gotten ...

Sixth graders at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown, Maryland, in a “community circle” focused on motivation and homework. These efforts are part of the district’s approach to proactively building ...

How do restorative justice practices in schools impact involvement in the criminal justice system? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from ...

In contrast to the conventional, punitive model of criminal justice, restorative justice prioritizes healing of victims, accountability of offenders and reconciliation between the two. My personal ...

Across the world, justice systems are rethinking what safety really means. Countries from Canada to New Zealand are showing that community-led reintegration produces better outcomes than punishment ...

EdSource · This California Teacher of the Year embraces her dwarfism as a strength A change has come to my classroom, and I didn’t even know it. While I’ve been busy teaching, California passed Senate ...

Jal: As with many of the things we discuss here, restorative justice is an idea that is admirable in theory but difficult to pull off in practice, in particular because it is so misaligned with much ...

WHEN a case comes before an Irish court, proceedings follow a structured process involving judges, legal representatives, and sometimes a jury. The verdict is only based on the evidence provided to ...

Canada’s justice system has changed significantly in recent years, with restorative justice programs becoming more common as ...